I havent rode that board but i recently had the chance to ride a 2012 hyperlite nova core board and it had a ton of pop off of the wake. The landings were okay not really soft but not super hard either. And now with the 2013 boards coming out the nova core boards should be dropping in price.

2012 mana has an abrupt kick and it rides high in the water... landings are surefooted for me, slight center spine so flats are OK... not as good as the viva but its a pretty fast board for an abrupt 3 stage. I like it...

I'm on it now going on the third season. I usually get a new one every year but I keep going back to it. I love the pop and for me it slides just enough but still has the perfect amount of grab on the water. Its a very aggressive board

I have the 11 version which is basically the same board. Awesome board. Lots of pop, fast, high in the water, light, and lands surprisingly softly. The only thing I don't like is it has center fins vs outer.

I have the 11 version which is basically the same board. Awesome board. Lots of pop, fast, high in the water, light, and lands surprisingly softly. The only thing I don't like is it has center fins vs outer.

I didn't think I'd like the center fins but they are not grabby to me at all... the board still releases so nice for me off the wake for spins, I like it.

What size shoe do you wear. There are some Company Pro's at Snowdealsnow.com for really good price and they are awesome. It was ransacked mid summer so they only have a few sizes left. but for the 75 bucks i paid you cannot go wrong with these bindings.

I don't know for sure. But I do know that Ronix made little attachments for the bindings a few years ago because they changed their hole patterns up. So with those things I assume they will fit if they don't already fit on the board to begin with